Immigration and Citizenship

Citizenship and Human Rights

Origins of Citizen Ship-Ancient Greece-Ancient Rome-Medieval Society-Revolutionary France

Human Rights-Grew from Citizenship and in practice, rely on citizenship

Resistance to Immigration

• Social Construct• Racism and Xenophobia

Arguments used against providing Citizenship

Low Skilled immigrants take Natives Jobs

High Skilled immigrants removed incentives for Natives

Immigrants erode sense of community

No evidence

Power

• Repressed-Immigrants• Empowered-The State• Power comes from-Xenophobia

References

• Australian Government. (2014). Why should I become a Citizen?, Retrieved on 7th May, 2014 from http://www.citizenship.gov.au/should_become/ • Freeman, H. P. (1998). The meaning of race in science considerations for cancer ‐‐

research. Cancer, 82(1), 219-225.• Grayling, A. C. (2010). Ideas that Matter: The Concepts that Shape the 21st Century.

Basic Books.• Merriam-Webster (2014). Power. Retrieved 14th May, 2014, from <

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power >.• Portes, J. (2013). An Exercise in Scapegoating, retrieved 7th May 2014 from

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n12/jonathan-portes/an-exercise-in-scapegoating>• Shafir, G., & Brysk, A. (2006). The globalization of rights: from citizenship to human

rights. Citizenship Studies, 10(3), 275-287.